2:46 PM EST-- Early this morning, before they opened, a local pizza parlor was busy with activity. Employees looked on nervously as men from Coca-Cola fiddled with their soda machine, unaware of what was happening. It was only after the men had left that they learned the terrible truth: The unsweetened tea that no one ever ordered had been replaced. The new contender? Coke Zero.
"It was like the whole world turned upside down," said one employee, who requested to be unnamed. "We had the unpopular tea for so long, it was part of the family here at the pizza shop. It's like now, we don't know what to expect. Things are usually so consistent around here."
But this tear-streaked worker is not the only one dumbfounded by this sudden change; locals are up in arms as well. "I want tea!" one local man shouted, as he walked out of the shop. "So what I ain't never wanted it before, I want it now!" Calls have reportedly been streaming in, each person asking for unsweetened tea with their food. "It's heartbreaking," said the unnamed employee about having to turn people down.
When asked for their opinions, several people admitted they suddenly wanted tea. "I woke up this morning, and I just had a craving for bland, bitter tea out of a machine," said college student Ryan Jorge. "I can't explain it. I didn't even know they had tea to begin with."
The manager of the offending pizza shop declined to comment.
